People of Clacton - it's time to send a message to The Establishment! You know who I mean - the privately educated millionaires who walked into city trader jobs then became career politicians. So you know what to do - vote Binface! #VoteBinface #Clacton
Kermit the Frog shares a park bench with Jim Henson outside the student union building at the University of Maryland, Henson's alma mater.
I like it, Pete! But that's quite a scoop! How did you get the first picture of #Farage with Count Binface? 👍
Pete Shaw@pete-shaw.bsky.social · 2mo agoI think Ted Rogers carried that blazer look much better and I'm sure his wasn't 2 sizes too big
If you pile your furniture in the middle of your living room then set it on fire, you will have the warmest house in your street, for a few hours.
Dan Hannan is no laughing matter. He embodies why Britain is in such a mess.
As you may know the word ‘farage’ means the liquid found at the bottom of a bin or waste container. So the Clacton by election is Binface vs bin juice. Thanks to all who sent photos. x
No doubt the recyclon scientists on Sigma IX have technology to deal with ‘Farage’ @countbinface.bsky.social ? 😅 #Clacton #VoteBinface
Local elections are about bins - by-elections about Binface!
Ofsted’s new sufficiency document ignores privatisation and profit as contributory factors in the daily struggle to find children’s homes and foster care. What’s going on? My new Substack open.substack.com/pub/martinba...
Profit has broken children’s social care. Let’s stop pretending it hasn’t
A new Ofsted report avoids references to privatisation and profit in analysis of access to children’s homes and foster care. Why?
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There’s no “accused” about it - a politician being handed £5m IS a conflict of interest. Accepting such a gift is an open and shut case of not being interested in, let alone fit for, public service www.ft.com/content/6a56...
Farage accused of ‘conflict of interest’ over £5mn gift from crypto investor
Rival parties highlight how Reform UK has proposed cutting tax and regulation on the digital assets industry
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Jen Badham and I are excited that the actual copies of our book Becoming and Agent-based Modeller have arrived! Available at www.routledge.com/Becoming-an-...
Becoming an Agent-Based Modeller: Theory and Practice of Building Agent-Based Models in the Social Sciences
Becoming an Agent-based Modeller takes you on a journey, from curiosity about social phenomena to generating them with a computer simulation. The book introduces agent-based modelling as a method to u...
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An excellent article about the HE sector in the UK. observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Why saving universities is far more than academic
Modern Britain needs young people with degrees – here’s how to make sure they still have somewhere to study them
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New post: "Elections 2026: The Five Battlegrounds" With national politics fragmenting I've sorted all councils up for election outside London into five groups to help explain how things are evolving. Incl predictions for all 104 councils. (£/free trial) samf.substack.com/p/elections-...
Elections 2026: The Five Battlegrounds
There are local elections in the UK every May, and every year I do a preview.
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*CECAN Fellowship Scheme 2026* - A bespoke program of individual consultations with experts from the CECAN network! Application window open until 31 May. For details and to apply, see: www.cecan.ac.uk/cecan-fellow... #PolicyEvaluation #SystemsThinking #Complexity #Fellowship
CECAN Fellowships - CECAN
CECAN has established a Fellowship Scheme for those who wish to participate and contribute to its work. The scheme provides opportunities for those from Government and business to forge useful and las...
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All sessions in our Policy Modelling for Health Lunchtime Webinar Series include a live Q&A and are recorded and shared on our PHI UK YouTube Channel - visit www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Research shows severe wealth poverty takes a real toll on health and wellbeing in GB. Want to know how living without a financial safety net affects wellbeing and self-rated health? Join our lunchtime webinar Tue 21 April | 12:30 | 30–40 mins Rebeka Balogh & Sarah Amele 👉 Register bit.ly/4uWvtWK
The health and wellbeing effects of wealth poverty in Great Britain
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Meet our Fellow @celsenbroich.bsky.social, Reader of Computational Modelling in Social and Public Health Science at @glasgow.ac.uk! A sociologist, Corinna’s research focuses on social & health inequalities & making complexity methods relevant for policy. Find out more➡️ acss.org.uk/dr-corinna-e...
I think everyone would agree that the police and MPs shouldn’t be shoplifting.
The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com · 5mo agoMarks & Spencer is right — police and politicians must stop shoplifting
An even bigger pleasure than usual to listen to @mrjamesob.bsky.social today. I've been a fan of Suzanne Vega ever since I saw her, in about 1987. James quoted a very appropriate song, in the context of #Trumps enthusiasm for other people dying on his behalf. This is it ❤️ youtu.be/FyZI-VaVg2g?...
Suzanne Vega - The Queen And The Soldier (Live At Montreux 2004)
YouTube video by Montreux Jazz Festival
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A productive Policy Modelling for Health Full Team Meeting in Leeds over the last two days. A valuable chance to reconnect face-to-face with colleagues and review progress at our programme midpoint. Really excited about our future plans! @phiuk.bsky.social
🎉Congratulations to our three colleagues who have reecently been elected Fellows of the @acadsocsciences.bsky.social -FAcSS 🎉 @celsenbroich.bsky.social 🎉 Prof Alison Heppenstall 🎉 @profellenstu.bsky.social Recognised for outstanding contributions to social science research, policy and practice.
